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Afghanistan
MoD confirms capture of Pak FC soldier in Khost province, Pak and Afghan contradictory claims
2018-04-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirms that a soldier of the Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
of the Pak military has been captured during the festivities from the vicinity of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
MoD front man Gen. Mohammad Radmanish told news hounds that the clash in Zazai Maidan district hast left at least 14 FC personnel dead and 17 others maimed.

He did not disclose further information in this regard but this comes as the Pak military officials are saying that two Frontier Corps soldiers were killed and five others were maimed after coming under from the Afghan side of the Durand Line.

"FC KP troops fired upon from Afghanistan side in Kurram agency. Troops were carrying out routine surveillance along Pak Afghan border for plugging of gaps and making necessary preparations for starting fencing in that area," the Pak military said in a statement.

The statement further added that "2 FC soldiers martyred and 5 injured. Pak troops are exercising maximum restraint so as to avoid any Afghan civilian casualties. Military engagement is underway to defuse situation."

However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the Afghan officials are claiming that the clash broke out after Pak troops attempted to intrude into the Afghan soil.

Afghan and Pak officials’ contradictory claims after Sunday’s deadly clash

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Pak military officials are saying that two Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
soldiers were killed and five others were maimed after coming under from the Afghan side of the Durand Line.

"FC KP troops fired upon from Afghanistan side in Kurram agency. Troops were carrying out routine surveillance along Pak Afghan border for plugging of gaps and making necessary preparations for starting fencing in that area," the Pak military said in a statement.

The statement further added that "2 FC soldiers martyred and 5 injured. Pak troops are exercising maximum restraint so as to avoid any Afghan civilian casualties. Military engagement is underway to defuse situation."

However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
the Afghan officials are claiming that the clash broke out after Pak troops attempted to intrude into the Afghan soil.

The provincial government media office of Khost in a statement said the Pak militia forces launched attacks on security posts in Jando Sar and Bad Khawaran areas of Zazai Maidan district at around 8 am on Sunday.

The statement further added that the local residents and security personnel responded to Pak militia forces fire, claiming that some dead bodies of Pak military forces and their weapons were left in the area.

The source also added that two local residents fighting the militia forces also bit the dust during the clash.
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